Day: November 20, 2018

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe Il-20 aircraft was returning to a Russian base on the north-western coast of Syria (file photo) Russia has said Syria shot down one of its military planes – but laid the blame for the deaths of the 15 personnel on board with Israel. The defence ministry said Israeli jets put the Il-20 plane into the path...
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ImageSenator Cindy Hyde-Smith at an election night party in Jackson, Miss., this month. She has all but vanished from the campaign trail ahead of a debate with her Democratic opponent on Tuesday.CreditCreditSarah Warnock/The Clarion-Ledger, via Associated PressJACKSON, Miss. — A special election for the Senate in Mississippi has become a test of racial and partisan…
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ImageRepresentative Nancy Pelosi has expressed supreme confidence that she will reclaim her old job as House speaker.CreditCreditSarah Silbiger/The New York TimesWASHINGTON — A rebellious group of 16 Democrats went public on Monday with their opposition to electing Representative Nancy Pelosi speaker when the new Congress convenes in January, taking the first formal step in a…
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Republicans capped a popular deduction for state and local taxes to pay for the tax bill. That may have hurt some House Republicans in the midterms.ImagePresident Trump signed a $1.5 trillion tax cut into law last December. The law capped a popular tax break used by high-earning taxpayers in high-tax states.CreditCreditDoug Mills/The New York TimesPresident…
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New York TodayImageCreditCreditAlfredo Estrella/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images (Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) It’s Tuesday. ⚡️ “Officials say a squirrel is to blame for power outages that affected thousands of people in upstate New York.” Weather: Enjoy the relative warmth of a 44-degree high with a passing morning shower,…
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The conversationWhat else does the Democrats’ new House majority portend?ImageFuture freshman members of the 116th Congress posing for a group photo on Capitol Hill last week.CreditCreditBrendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesGail Collins: Whole new world, Bret. Got a new Congress coming in, and a new … Well, there are some new governors. Same old president.…
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Why we went from regional divide to political chasm.Nov. 19, 2018ImageA billboard in West Des Moines, Iowa, in January 2016. CreditCreditDamon Winter/The New York TimesA little over a year ago, Amazon invited cities and states to offer bids for a proposed second headquarters. This set off a mad scramble over who would gain the dubious…
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — When Canada fully legalized recreational cannabis on Oct. 17, the internet giddily reimagined the CN Tower in Toronto peeking out from a thick haze and swapped the flag’s red maple leaf for its jagged-edged green cousin. Outsiders might titter about an entire populace turning into potheads, but legalization means some of…
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Facebook has come under fire for a “barbaric use of technology” that allowed the sale of a child bride to be held on its site. An auction was held on the social media platform for a 16-year-old girl in South Sudan which sought dowry for her hand in marriage. Facebook said the post was taken…
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1 / 2FILE PHOTO: Members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) hold placards during their march to the ministry of public enterprises in Pretoria, South Africa, November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File PhotoBy Alexander Winning and Joe BavierJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Loss-making South African arms maker Denel has a problem as it fights…
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